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Custer's Last Fight
1925 re-release poster
Directed byFrancis Ford
Written byRichard V. Spencer
Produced byThomas H. Ince
StarringFrancis Ford
Grace Cunard
CinematographyRay Smallwood
Distributed byMutual Film
Release date
  • October 4, 1912 (1912-10-04) (United States)
Running time2 reels (approximately 30 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Custer's Last Fight (also known as Custer's Last Raid) is a 1912 American silent short Western film. It is the first film about George Armstrong Custer and his final stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Francis Ford, the older brother of director John Ford, directed the two-reel short and also starred in the title role. It was shot principally in "Inceville" at Santa Ynez Canyon in Pacific Palisades, California.

The film was re-released in 1925 and 1933.

Cast

References

  1. "Last Stand at Little Big Horn". American Experience. PBS.
  2. "Grace Cunard – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

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